diff --git a/packages/vite/src/runtime/server.mjs b/packages/vite/src/runtime/server.mjs
index 3d04302775..cdaccbc983 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/runtime/server.mjs
+++ b/packages/vite/src/runtime/server.mjs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { ViteNodeRunner } from 'vite-node/client'
 import { dirname, join } from 'pathe'
 
-const entry = '__NUXT_SERVER_ENTRY__'
-const url = '__NUXT_SERVER_FETCH_URL__'
-const base = '__NUXT_SERVER_BASE__'
+const url = process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_FETCH
+const entry = process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_ENTRY
+const base = process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_BASE
+const root = process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_ROOT
 
 const runner = new ViteNodeRunner({
-  root: process.cwd(),
+  root,
   base,
   async fetchModule (id) {
     return await $fetch(url, {
@@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ function isCSS (file) {
   return IS_CSS_RE.test(file)
 }
 
-async function writeManifest (extraEntries) {
+async function writeManifest () {
   const dir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
   const entries = [
     '@vite/client',
     'entry.mjs',
-    ...extraEntries
+    ...Array.from(runner.moduleCache.keys())
+      .filter(i => runner.moduleCache.get(i).exports && isCSS(i))
+      .map(i => i.slice(1))
   ]
 
   const clientManifest = {
@@ -44,11 +47,11 @@ async function writeManifest (extraEntries) {
   await fs.writeFile(join(dir, 'client.manifest.mjs'), 'export default ' + JSON.stringify(clientManifest, null, 2), 'utf8')
 }
 
+let render
+
 export default async (ssrContext) => {
-  const { default: render } = await runner.executeFile(entry)
+  render = render || (await runner.executeFile(entry)).default
   const result = await render(ssrContext)
-  const modules = Array.from(runner.moduleCache.keys())
-  // Write CSS modules intro manifest to prevent FOUC
-  await writeManifest(modules.filter(i => isCSS(i)).map(i => i.slice(1)))
+  await writeManifest()
   return result
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts b/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
index 0b4198df81..f0e0daae30 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ export async function prepareDevServerEntry (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
     entryPath = resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.appDir, 'entry.async')
   }
 
-  const raw = await fse.readFile(resolve(distDir, 'runtime/server.mjs'), 'utf-8')
   const host = ctx.nuxt.options.server.host || 'localhost'
   const port = ctx.nuxt.options.server.port || '3000'
   const protocol = ctx.nuxt.options.server.https ? 'https' : 'http'
-  const code = raw
-    .replace('__NUXT_SERVER_FETCH_URL__', `${protocol}://${host}:${port}/__nuxt_vite_node__/`)
-    .replace('__NUXT_SERVER_ENTRY__', entryPath)
-    .replace('__NUXT_SERVER_BASE__', ctx.ssrServer.config.base || '/_nuxt/')
-  await fse.writeFile(
-    resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/server/server.mjs'),
-    code,
-    'utf-8'
+
+  process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_FETCH = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}/__nuxt_vite_node__/`
+  process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_ENTRY = entryPath
+  process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_BASE = ctx.ssrServer.config.base || '/_nuxt/'
+  process.env.NUXT_VITE_SERVER_ROOT = ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir
+
+  await fse.copyFile(
+    resolve(distDir, 'runtime/server.mjs'),
+    resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/server/server.mjs')
   )
 }